Vote for Your Favorite Confederate Football Capitol Quip!

By Rebecca Gale

Posted July 15, 2015 at 12:26pm

This is both offensive AND defensive!
I just figured: why not cut to the chase?
What, you DON’T think this is less offensive?
Hey, it could be worse…
Try not to think of this as a reflection of my disappointment in RG III.

The cartoon with the winning caption will appear on this blog Saturday and in the following print edition of Roll Call. The contest winner will receive a signed color print of his or her Capitol Quip cartoon from the cartoonist, R.J. Matson.

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